The other had increased much in size; and towards its posterior end, a clear space was formed in the parenchymatous mass, in which a rudimentary cup-shaped mouth could clearly be distinguished; on the under surface, however, no corresponding slit was yet open.

The bast is drawn through between the knife and the block, the operator twisting the fibre, at each pull, around a stick of wood or his arm, whilst the parenchymatous pulp remains on the other side of the knife.

On examining the internal structure of the cavity, the parenchymatous substance which formed its walls presented a rugged and irregular appearance, resembling a sponge hollowed out, and infiltrated with black paint.

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(adj): in plants, rather unspecialized or undifferentiated thin-walled ground tissue cells making up the bulk of non-woody tissues, such as the pith of stems, the mesophyll of leaves, or the cortex between the epidermis and pericycle of a root or shoot.